International Center for Academics

International Center for Academics

Overseas Study Center 9602

Management

Program Guide

Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: 01-4445540, 01-2042289

GPO Box # 8975, EPC 5155, Kathmandu, Nepal

Program on Offer from School of Management

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Management (PGDFM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management (PGDMM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice (PGDFMP)
• Learner can choose their specialization to get Post Graduate Diploma

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• The MBA Program consists of 21 courses in all. These comprise of courses from MS-1 to MS-11 excluding MS-10.

• Five courses from any one of the specialization streams.
• Compulsory Courses (MS-91, MS-95, MS-10) and one elective course (MS-92/93/94/96/97).
• Project Course (MS-100) equivalent to 2 courses.
• Comprises of two degrees (Post Graduate Diploma in specialization and finally an MBA degree).

Learners would be allowed to register maximum five courses in a semester to enable them to register/re-register proper combination of 21 courses for the award of MBA Degree in four semesters. However, course(s) once registered must be successfully completed within four semesters, failing which s/he would need to revalidate the registration of such course(s) by paying the requisite fee within the maximum duration of five years. The validity of a course registered after 31/2 year of the initial admission to the Program would be reduced appropriately, so that the prescribed maximum duration of five years would remain unchanged.

The MBA program is divided into semesters as below:

1st Semester
Course Code / Course Title
MS-1 / Management Functions and Behavior
MS-2 / Management of Human Resources
MS-3 / Economic and Social Environment
MS-4 / Accounting and Finance for Managers
MS-5 / Management of Machines and Materials
2nd Semester
Course Code / Course Title
MS-6 / Marketing for Managers
MS-7 / Information Systems for Managers
MS-8 / Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Applications
MS-9 / Managerial Economics
MS-11 / Strategic Management
3rd Semester
Course Code / Course Title
MS-95 / Research Methodology for Management Decisions
MS-10 / Organizational Design, Development and Change
MS-100 / Project Work(Equivalent to 2(Two) courses)
Two Specialization courses of your choice
4th Semester
Course Code / Course Title
MS-91 / Advance Strategic Management
+ Other 3 from Specialization Area opted in Semester III
and any one elective course out of MS-92, 93, 94, 96, 97

Specialization streams:

P.G. Diploma in Human Resource Management (Any 5)
Offer on Jan Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MS-21 / Social Processes and Behavioral Issues / MS-25 / Managing Change in Organizations
MS-22 / Human Resource Development / MS-26 / Organizational Dynamics
MS-23 / Human Resource Planning / MS-27 / Wage and Salary Administration
MS-24 / Employment Relations / MS-28 / Labor Laws
MS-29 / International Human Resource Management

Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-21, MS-22, MS-23, MS-25 and from HRM.

P.G. Diploma in Financial Management (Any 5)
Offer on Jan Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MS-41 / Working Capital Management / MS-44 / Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
MS-42 / Capital Investment and Financing Decisions / MS-45 / International Financial management
MS-43 / Management Control Systems / MS-46 / Management of Financial Services

Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-42, MS-43, and from Financial Management.

P.G. Diploma in Operations Management (Any 5)
Offer on Jan Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MS-51 / Operations Research / MS-55 / Logistics and Supply Chain Management
MS-52 / Project Management / MS-56 / Materials Management
MS-53 / Production/Operational Management / MS-57 / Maintenance Management
MS-54 / Management of Information Systems / MS-58 / Management of R & D and Innovation

Only consultancy classes will be provided for Operations Management.

P.G. Diploma in Marketing Management (Any 5)
Offer on Jan Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MS-61 / Consumer Behavior / MS-66 / Marketing Research
MS-62 / Sales Management / MS-68 / Marketing Communication and Advertising Management
MS-63 / Product Management / MS-611 / Rural Marketing
MS-64 / International Marketing / MS-612 / Retail Management
MS-65 / Marketing of Services

Academic counseling sessions will be provided only for MS-61, MS-62, MS-63, MS-66 and MS-68 from Marketing Management

Post-Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice (PGDFMP)

P.G. Diploma in Financial Markets Practice
Offer on Jan Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MFP-1 / Equity Markets / MFP-4 / Currency & Debt Markets
MFP-2 / Equity Derivatives / MFP-5 / Professionals in Financial Markets Practice
MFP-3 / Commodity Markets

And, MS-4(Accounting and Finance for Managers) is compulsory course forPost-Graduate Diploma in Financial Markets Practice (PGDFMP).

Integrative Courses

Structure: The Integrative Courses consist of two compulsory and five elective courses, (out of which the student is required to do one) and a project, which is equivalent to two courses. This makes a total of five courses.

Compulsory Courses: Advanced Strategic Management (MS-91)

Elective Courses (Choose any one):

Elective Courses (Choose any one):
Offer on January Session / Offer on July Session
Course Code / Course Title / Course Code / Course Title
MS-92 / Management of Public Enterprises / MS-94 / Technology Management
MS-93 / Management of New and Small Enterprises / MS-96 / Total Quality Management
MS-97 / International Business Management

All the above courses are of 6 credits each (except MS-100 which is of 12 credits). Each credit amounts to 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a student is expected to put in 180 hours of study for each of the above courses (360 hours for MS-100).

Post Graduate Diploma (Separately):

If anyone wants to study Post Graduate Diploma then the duration of program would be of 1 year and the student has to register for six courses to complete the diploma.

Grading:

Letter grade system is used for grading continuous and term-end examination components. These letter grades are awarded as below:

Assignment: / Term End Exam:
Point Grade Range / Letter grade / Point Grade Range / Letter grade
1.35 up to 1.5 / A / 3.15 up to 3.5 / A
1.05 – below 1.35 / B / 2.45 – below 3.15 / B
0.75 – below 1.05 / C / 1.75 – below 2.45 / C
0.45 – below 0.75 / D / 1.05 – below 1.75 / D
Below 0.45 / E / Below 1.05 / E

Final Grade Calculation: Summation of Point Grade and then the total is looked upon the grade range to see the Letter Grade.

SN / Letter Grade / Qualitative Level / Percentage Equivalent / Point Grade / Point Grade Range
1 / A / Excellent / 80% and Above / 5 / 4.5 till 5.0
2 / B / Very Good / 60% to 79.9% / 4 / 3.5 but below 4.5
3 / C / Good / 50% to 59.9% / 3 / 2.5 but below 3.5
4 / D / Satisfactory / 40% to 49.9% / 2 / 1.5 but below 2.5
5 / E / Unsatisfactory / Failing / 1 / Below 1.5

For successfully qualifying a course, a student will have to obtain at least ‘D’ Grade in both continuous and term-end examination. However, the overall average should be at least ‘C’ grade for the successful completion of a course.

Program Duration

SN / Program / Minimum Duration(Years) / Maximum Duration(Years) / Number of Courses
1 / Postgraduate Diploma in Specialization / 1 / 5 / 5 courses
2 / MBA / 2 / 5 / 21 courses including 5 courses from Post graduate diploma in specialization
3 / Post Graduate Diploma (Separately) / 1 / 5 / 6 courses

Credit System

The University follows the ‘Credit System’ for most of its programmers. Each credit amounts to 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a six credit course involves 180 hours. All management courses are six credit courses except the project course which is equivalent to 12 credits. This helps the student to understand the academic effort one has to put in, in order to successfully complete a course. Completion of an academic program (Degree, Diploma or Certificate) requires successful clearing of both, the assignments and the term-end examination of each course in a program.

Result Interpretation

• Minimum of ‘D’ grade needs to be obtained in both TEE and Assignment and an overall ‘C’ grade is required to pass a particular course.
• Make-up exam in case both assignment and TEE has ‘D’ grades could be done either by re-submission of assignment or by re appearing in the TEE to obtain at least an overall of C grade in the course.

Examination Support

The students, who are not satisfied with the marks/grades awarded to them in the Term-end Examination, may do the following:-

1. Apply for re-evaluation by paying the prescribed fee
2. Apply to obtain the photocopy of answer sheet by paying the prescribed fee

For any of the above process form should be filled before 31st March for result of December term-end examination and 30th September for result of June term-end examination or within one month from the date of declaration of results by following either of the ways.

Learners can direct an email to in case of any discrepancy or call at office hour.

Program Validity

The Program is tailored to meet the demand of working group of learners with a huge flexibility i.e. course could be completed in maximum of 5 years.

Course Validity

Individual subjects validity is for 2 years i.e. once a subject is registered in a semester learner is eligible to sit for examination in four consecutive times and successfully complete the program. If learner fails to complete the program then course should be revalidated via re-registration.

Procedure to complete the program after expiry of Maximum Period (5 years)

Learners who are unable to complete the program within the maximum period of 05 years, can complete the program by first seeking fresh admission and oncenew enrolment number is allotted by the University, learners may apply for credit transfer of those courses only, which has been completed in the old enrolment number. For the incomplete or left over courses learners arerequired to appear for TEE and submit assignmentsas well.

For the students who have taken admission prior to ‘January 2018’ the maximum duration to successfully complete all the requirements for the award of Degree/Diploma would be 8 yrs. For these students who seek fresh admission for completing the left over courses the validity of fresh admission would be 5 years.

Term End Exam (TEE):

TEE is held twice a year in the month of June and December. TEE comprises of 70% of total grades, with a minimum individual passing grade of D in TEE. To appear in TEE candidate should ensure course validity else the result appears as incomplete.

Deadlines for filling TEE are available on the operation calendar which can be downloaded from ICA website.

Assignment

Assignment comprises of 30% of total grades and has to be submitted within the deadline provided in the operation calendar. There is a specified format of assignment that should be followed and responses of the assignment should not replicate any of the contents directly copied from course blocks, individual fellow learners. While using online resource and library resource there should be citations in the end in a proper citation format giving due credit to the owner of the resources. Learner need to retain the assignment acknowledgement slip provided by the library. The issued acknowledgement slip is mandatory for collecting the evaluated assignments. Learners are responsible to maintain a copy of assignment for their reference with themselves since evaluated copies may not be returned depending

on conditions and situation.

Assignments are uploaded in the website and learners have to submit the current assignment with question paper attached and follow the format which is available on the ICA website itself.Assignment can be accessed from

In some cases where some courses are offered at only certain sessions, in that case new assignments may not be available hence students are allowed to do the last available assignment by taking the approval of Program Coordinator.

Assignments must be handwritten. (MANDATORY)

Assignment Format can be downloaded from

Students Project Work (MS-100)

Learners need to complete MS-100as per the Guidelines provided by the University (Collect a copy of Guidelines for Project Course MS-100 from the Library or download from the website) to finally get awarded with an MBA degree which is to be completed in two steps:-

• Submission and approval of Project Proposal - 2 copies
• Submission of Approved Project Report - 2 copies

In order to get started with the MS-100 Project Work, a learner needs to obtain a supervisor under whose guidance the project work will be conducted. A supervisor can be obtained by sending an email to specifying the name of learner, enrollment no and area of specialization. The appointed supervisor will be valid for duration of 6 months after which the learners will have to re-validate the appointment documents with an application and paying applicable fees. A learner themselves can choose a supervisor for the guide if the potential supervisor has met the credentials as specified in the MS-100 guideline; however the learner has to take permission of the Program Coordinator before commencing their project in cases when a learner chooses their own supervisor.

Project Proposal University Standards

Proposal is a brief description of the project being undertaken which should include a proper standard format proposal with standard format headings, subheading title and citation. It should include CV duly signed by the counselor and proforma. Submitted proposal to the centre is forwarded to the University for Evaluation.

Learners are advised to prepare the final report during the period when their proposal is under evaluation so that the learners can submit their report within the deadline as mentioned in the operation calendar.

Learners are requested to follow MS-100 guideline provided to you by the study centre or the same can be downloaded from the ICA website.

The guide for the project work can be accessed from:

Project Submission Deadlines

There is a flexibility of submission of proposal through-out the year but to ensure the result to be published on time learners are suggested to submit project report/project proposal as per the deadline mentioned in the operation calendar.

Proposal approval from the university takes a minimum of four months (excluding the vacation period of the faculty) time and learners are also responsible to maintain a copy of proposal with oneself for reference.

Project Report

Project report should be consistent with the topic chosen and also be as per the MS-100 guideline. Learners need to submit the project report within the deadline mentioned in the operation calendar, in case the deadline is missed out, the evaluation of the report is automatically transferred to the next semester i.e. the learner has to wait for the TEE result of the next semester. Learner is eligible to submit final report only after the approval of the proposal from the university.

Note: It is advised to learners to choose the research topic based on the area of specialization.

Whom to Contact

Assistant Center Coordinator:

Email:

Skype ID:icaaccor

Contact:4445540, Ext:107

Associate Director of Academics:

Email:

Skype ID:academic.co-ordinator

Contact:4445540, Ext:121

SRSD Coordinator:

For logistic and other student support related matters:

Email:

Skype ID:srsd.coordinator

Contact:4445540, Ext: 105

Admission Coordinator:

For registration and support related matters:

Email:

Skype ID:icasupport1

Contact:4445540, Ext: 119

Coordinator-Grievance and Records:

For grievance and any kind of discrepancy related matter:

Email:

Skype ID:grievance.ica

Contact:4445540, Ext: 108

Library Section:

Collection of Study Materials, References books, Collection & Submission of Assignments, Projects, etc:

Email:

Skype ID:library255

Contact:4445540, Ext: 111

International Center for Academics, OSC-9602

Gyaneshwor, Beside German Embassy, Kathmandu. Ph: Tel 4445540 UTL 2042289

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